Container closure



July 31, 1934. I B. F. KLEIN 1,968,298

CONTAINER CLOSURE Filed Nov. 22, 1932 INVENTOR. Eel/km in T AZ mATTORNEY.

Patented July 31, 1 934 STATES UNITE PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

It is an object of the invention to provide a receptacle the uppermargins of which also function as a closure to reinforce the closedextremity of a collapsible tube container, such as those commonlyemployed for holding shaving cream, toothpaste and the like, so that aVery strong and durable joint results at the container base, and at thesame time insuring permanent attachment of the receptacle to saidcontainer.

With this and other objects and advantages in view which will becomeapparent as the specification proceeds, the invention is hereinaftermore fully described with the aid of the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a front view of a collapsible tube container withthe receptacle mounted thereon.

Figures 2 and 3 are sections on the lines 2-2 and 33 respectively ofFigure 1, and

Figure 4 is a side view of Figure 1 partly in section.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a conventional collapsible tubecontainer the lower end of which is flattened to form two walls 2 and 3which lie contiguous to one another. The lower portions of thedownwardly extending walls 2 and 3 are together upwardly folded as shownat 2a and 3a so that a space is left between the said walls and theirupturned portions. The extremities 2b and 3b of the walls 2 and 3 areagain downturned and are so folded that they lie between the walls 2 and3 and the upwardly folded portions 2a and 3a.

The receptacle consists preferably of a single piece of material havinga back 4, a base 5, a front 6 and a top 7. The latter extends rearwardlypart way across the receptacle. From the inner or rear margin of thesaid top and upward projection 7a extends which is substantiallyparallel with an upward extension 4a of the back 4-. Towards its upperend the extension 4a is forwardly and downwardly folded at 4?) so thatits extremity lies between one wall 2 and the downturned extremity 3b ofthe other wall of the tube container.

Formed integral with the back extension 4a are lateral tabs 40 which areforwardly and inwardly folded as shown in Figures 1 and 2 to hold theback extension 4a from spreading from the upward projection 7a. and tohold all the wall portions 2, 2a, 2b, 3, 3a and 31) between them.

Intermediately of the height of the back 4 and front 6 are other lateralprojections which are flexed towards one another to form side closures4d and 6d. The latter are preferably so positioned that the verticalmargins of the adjacent pairs rest substantially contiguous to oneanother but are so shaped that when inward pressure is exerted on themthey flex apart sufiiciently to permit ready insertion of a bladebetween them. The height of these closures is preferably such as toprevent a blade from accidentally falling out of the receptacle, but issufficiently less than the total height of the receptacle to permit thethicker portion of a blade having a reinforced margin to pass betweenthe top 7 or base 5 and the adjacent extremities of the closures.

Across the back extension 4a an inward groove or corrugation 14 isusually formed which bears against the bottom of the tube wall 3 andprevents upward movement of the receptacle on the tube container.

When the upward projection 70., extension 40, and its tabs 40 are inposition relative to the tube walls 2 and 3 pressure is applied in anyconventional manner to force them all into intimate contact after whichit will be found that not only has a very strong tube closure beenprovided but also that the tube container and receptacle are securelyconnected together.

While in the foregoing the preferred embodiment of the invention hasbeen described and shown it is understood that the construction issusceptible to such alterations and modifications as fall within thescope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A tube container closure comprising a collapsible tube container thelower portions of the walls of which are flattened and lie contiguous toone another, said walls being upwardly folded adjacent their flattenedends, in combination with a member resting against the outer upwardlyfolded wall portion and having one extremity downturned between theupwardly folded Wall portions and the lower portion of the containerbody, and laterally disposed tabs on opposite sides of the said memberextremity which are folded around the flattened margins of the upwardlyfolded container walls.

2. A tube container closure comprising a collapsible tube container thelower portions of the walls of which are flattened and lie contiguous toone another, said walls being upwardly folded adjacent their ends andhaving their extremities downturned between the upwardly folded portionsand the lower end of the container, in combinatlon with a member restingagainst the outer upwardly folded wall and having one extremitydownturned between the container and the adjacent downturned wallextremity, and lateral tabs on said member extremity folded around thedownwardly and upwardly folded container wall margins. I

BENJAMIN F. KLEIN.

